I don’t know if there is such a thing as magazine reviews but I really want to recommend Off The Edge to all Malaysians who want to read something different, i.e. not FHM, Women’s Weekly or even Malaysia Today.
Just ask my friend Ja’a — I’ve been meaning to subscribe to this magazine but I keep putting it off and I end up buying it from the stands every month…
Anyway, I felt the urge to recommend this magazine on my blog after reading two letters in the current issue of the magazine. Look out for the above magazine cover at your local mamak newsstand.
Here are a couple of quotes from the two different letters:
“It’s time politicians like those following in the footsteps of Abdullah Ahmad to wake up to the fact that the non-Malays are here to stay. Malaysia is our home, where we were born, grew up, make a living, raise families and will die. We are certainly not going to balik ke China, India atau lain-lain tempat.”
“There is a tendency to interpret the word Islam as a noun — as if it were a club; you were either ‘in’ or ‘out’. The word Islam was originally used as a verb, meaning to submit to God. Shouldn’t we allow for the possibility that followers of other faiths are also submitting to God?”
Quite apart from the well-written letters and articles, you’ll find that the interviews of politicians are more incisive than most Malaysians are used to. I’ve only read Ong Tee Keat’s interview so far but I can see that Sharon Tan and Jason Tan are not going to let our politicians off so easily.
Check it out. Only RM6 mah…
Hello. I stumbled here while I did a search on Off The Edge and I must say that I quite agree with you. I second your recommendation!
Off The Edge is like a breathe of fresh air from magazines that are too political, too leftist, too just about everything and anything.
The articles are well-written and written objectively. The kinds that are hard to find.
Right. The stock market analysis are quite informative too.
the articles may be well written, but objective is not quite the word to describe them all.
anyway, the magazine is full of things. things that malaysians, especially university students, should be reading.
the magazine is a good read. at rm 6, given the amount of what you gain from reading it, well, that surely is cheap.